How do I make an HTTP request from Rust?

Question

How can I make an HTTP request from Rust? I can\'t seem to find anything in the core library.

I don\'t need to parse the output, just make a request and check the HT

Answer 1

Using curl bindings. Stick this in your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies.curl]
git = "https://github.com/carllerche/curl-rust"

...and this in the src/main.rs:

extern crate curl;

use curl::http;

fn main(){
  let resp = http::handle()
    .post("http://localhost:3000/login", "username=dude&password=sikrit")
    .exec().unwrap();

  println!("code={}; headers={}; body={}",
    resp.get_code(), resp.get_headers(), resp.get_body());    

}